Staged Products

In the past, products have been available for download via a dynamic clip-n-ship
mechanism. While this offers users the flexibility of choosing and customizing the
specific area of interest, it is a resource intensive process that no longer makes
sense. Each dynamic order represents a custom package generated by backend services
after the order is submitted. All orders were queued with other user requests and
downloadable products were often not available until a day or more later.

In 2013 The National Map will be transitioning to completely pre-defined, staged
products. Rather than wait for products to be generated, users will be presented with a
list of pre-generated staged products matching the criteria they specify which are in
turn immediately available for download. This is seen as a more cost-effective way to
distribute products and will provide a more streamlined download capability for users.

Select Downloadable Product Theme(s)

Once the area of interest has been defined, the next dialog allows selection from the
following product themes:

US Topo

Historical Topo Maps

Structures

Transportation

Boundaries

Geographic Names

USGS Map Indicies

Hydrography

Contours

Land Cover

Elevation

Orthoimagery

Grayed boxes indicate a product that is not available for the current area of
interest and a smaller area should be selected in the previous step to make these
products available.

Select the desired themes and click the Next button to obtain a list of
products.

View and Select Downloadable Products by Theme

The Product Selection dialog provides a listing of the available products for the
provided area of interest.

Products are grouped by product theme type under separate panels which must be opened
to see the list of products. In the example dialog, at right, note the following
product group labels:

Historic Topo Maps (5 products)

Transporation (3 products)

Elevation (4 products)

Clicking on each product group label opens up the corresponding listing of
products for that theme.

Basic information is provided in the listing to distinguish between products.

Full metadata is available by clicking on the Metadata icon.

Select the checkboxes beside the desired products you want to order.

When you have selected all the products you are interested in. Click the Next
button to add these products to the cart.

Submit Cart as Order

The cart process is provided to organize a group of product downloads together for
easier user management. Items can be removed from the cart individually or all
together at one time by clearing the cart.

Clicking the Checkout button submits the order.

The user will then be prompted for an email address before being allowed to click the
Place Order button. Confirmation that the order request has been received
will be provided along with an Order ID for tracking the order.

An email will be sent upon completion of the order process indicating products are
ready for download.

Receive Downloadable Product List

Download By BoundingBox

Draw Bounding Box

Download by Bounding Box
Option

Select the download by bounding box option in the Download Options
dialog.

Bulk Data Download

USGS does not currently offer a vector bulk data download option other than by special
request only. For assistance, go to http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/contactus/ to access
the Service Desk mailbox at tnm_help@usgs.gov. For your vector bulk data download
request, include contact information (such as address and phone number), requested
product, requested area, and download format.

To receive bulk data, we require you to supply the external hard drives, within our
specifications, and pay for shipping the drive(s) to us and provide a paid return label
or a carrier (UPS, FEDEX, we do not ship DHL) account number. Turn-around time may take
up to 4 to 8 weeks; no guarantee or priority service available. The actual delivery time
may vary, depending on the workload at the time an order is placed. See the following
page for more details: http://gisdata.usgs.gov/bulk.php.